STBU Upcoming Special Issue

Submit your paper here by 31st December 2025

Introduction

The sustainable construction approach has tremendous potential to significantly assist sustainable development given the building industry's enormous influence. Sustainability is a wide, nuanced notion that has become one of the most critical implications in the construction sector. Every economy requires the building sector, but it also has a big influence on the environment. Associations adhering to conservation performance standards are increasingly in agreement, with respect to these effects, that proper strategies and measures are required to increase the sustainability of building operations. Due to technical advancements and an increasing number of problems brought on by environmental neglect, addressing sustainable development challenges has become a priority for several economies. 

Many facets of human life are considered in the emerging field of sustainable development. Energy consideration, effective energy use, and minimising the negative environmental effects of its utilisation are some of the key challenges in this sector. Sustainable development can also be seen in the design of structures. The energy dissipated by buildings globally is enormous and represents one-third of all primary energy resources. This has caused a number of problems with energy infrastructure, a rapid depletion of energy resources, a rise in the need for building services, an improved standard of living, and an increase in the quantities of energy needed on development initiatives, all of which have boosted energy consumption.

Smart and sustainable structures conserve energy and material resources and offer a comfortable setting that boosts the efficiency and well-being of the residents. Therefore, it is vital to comprehend the perspectives and motivations for smart and sustainable construction technology held by building professionals, such as developers, economists, and technicians. Although smarter and more sustainable buildings have many benefits, like raising architectural significance and saving resources and energy, it is challenging to assess exactly what modern buildings and their associated characteristics would be as technology is continuously changing and human considerations must be properly taken into account. 

Technologies for smarter and more sustainable buildings include a variety of dynamic smart tools, platforms, and systems. In order to help occupants, accomplish their respective activities efficiently in a secure, comfortable, and healthy environment, smart and sustainable building technologies primarily focus on techniques to use the information recorded by smart components. With an emphasis on putting users first during building, advanced smart infrastructure will progress. This will assist officials in putting into practise a more comprehensive wellbeing model for enhancing reliability of existence through the construction of smart, green technologies and an intelligent, well-integrated municipal architecture.

This special issue will concentrate on sustainable buildings and development as well as the integration of interconnected technologies, with a particular emphasis on current developments in optical networking technology. We are seeking distinctive contributions to system and network designs.

List of topic areas

• Evaluation of building supplies for affordable, environmentally sustainable architecture 
• Technical guide for sustainable building: green construction planning and management
• An evaluation of computer optimization techniques involved in sustainable building design
• Appraisal of waste management and operating energy for sustainable structures
• Evaluating systems and assessed buildings for social sustainability in the construction industry
• Construction, renovation, and preservation of green buildings using sustainable building materials
• Quantifying safety risks in the development of ecological high-performing buildings
• Sustainable building asset: evaluating the effectiveness of sustainable structures
• Explicitly categorising the new applications of the sustainable construction principles
• Analysis of green and efficient construction techniques towards infrastructure
• Present condition and framework for sustainable building: Radial business structures

Submissions Information

Please register with https://ice-review.rivervalley.io/ and then navigate to the journal that you wish to submit to. Choose article type "Themed issue Paper" and then select the specific themed issue name (Structural Analysis of Smart Design in Sustainable Buildings and Construction) from the Themed issue drop-down menu on screen. Please mention the name of the themed issue on the Author Questionnaire as well.

Guest Editors

Dr. Khairul Hazman Padil, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia 

Dr. Norhisham Bakhary, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

Prof. Muhammad Sajjadur Rahim,University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Key deadlines

Opening date for manuscripts submissions: 30th June 2025
Closing date for manuscripts submission: 31st December 2025